Simonize vs Burnish - What's the difference?
simonize | burnish |
to polish something with a wax-like substance
* Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman
To make smooth or shiny by rubbing; to polish; to shine.
* Dryden
* Cunningham
To shine forth; to brighten; to become smooth and glossy, as from swelling or filling out; hence, to grow large.
* Dryden
* Herbert
As verbs the difference between simonize and burnish
is that simonize is to polish something with a wax-like substance while burnish is to make smooth or shiny by rubbing; to polish; to shine.simonize
English
Verb
(simoniz)- Remember those days? The way Biff used to simonize that car? The dealer refused to believe there was eighty thousand miles on it.
burnish
English
Verb
- The frame of burnished steel, that cast a glare / From far, and seemed to thaw the freezing air.
- Now the village windows blaze, / Burnished by the setting sun.
- A slender poet must have time to grow, / And spread and burnish as his brothers do.
- My thoughts began to burnish , sprout, and swell.